When looking for a new church home, what should you be looking for?

A church needs to be a spiritual home. And like any good home, you need some excellent leadership.

1) Leadership
First, you need to have mature leadership. The pastors and leadership team need to be an example of spiritual maturity, 1 Timothy 3:1–6. They also need to be demonstrating biblical love, 1 Corinthians 13:4–8.

2) Teaching
Second, the teaching pastor should be gifted in helping people understand God’s word and apply it to their life. Each Sunday morning is a teaching time from God’s word. You will receive a message outline in your bulletin and be able to follow the message presentation on a large projector screen. You will also have access to the message notes online so you can follow along and take notes on any mobile device.

3) Spiritual growth
Third, the number one responsibility of every home is to help their children grow up and become healthy adults. Every church needs a clear process of how they are developing people to become mature disciples for Christ. If the church cannot demonstrate a clear process for spiritual growth, you should find another church.

At Crosspoint, we believe that the greatest responsibility of the church is to develop your spiritual life. So we use the following steps to accomplish this:

101 – discovering what it means to be a member of Crosspoint.
201 – discovering the 4 disciplines for spiritual growth.
301 – discovering your spiritual gifts and where you can serve.
401 – discovering how to be an effective witness for Jesus Christ.

Note: These classes do not have to be taken in order.

Crosspoint strives to center our beliefs on Jesus Christ and His teachings.
To understand our statement of faith, these 2 pieces are vital:

1. We will focus our teaching on the non-debatable principles of scripture while leaving freedom for personal convictions related to non-essential doctrinal issues. Our highest desire is to live in light of Biblical principle while remaining culturally relevant to our community. We believe that growing as a Christ-centered person requires active participation in the church.         
2. We have a purpose that guides everything we do. We want this vision to be front and center at all times, even if it means that we must not do some things we could do. Our calling is clear and will continue to guide us in the future.

The purpose of Crosspoint Church is to introduce people to the person of Jesus,
and to help those that know Him, grow deeper and closer to Him.